Charter of 1814

The Charter of 1814 was the constitution of Bourbon Restoration-era France, drafted on 4 June 1814 by King Louis XVIII of France. The constitution provided for a two-house parliament, with the Chamber of Peers consisting of the king's hand-picked representatives and the Chamber of Deputies being elected by 90,000 property-qualified voters. The charter also guaranteed freedom of religion (while it did state that Catholicism was the state religion), and it ensured that the Napoleonic Code remained in effect and that the revolutionary redistribution of land confiscated from the church and the nobles was confirmed.